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Prentice, WI

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Prentice, WI: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,298. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet PRENTICE-WI · Prentice, WI 1 ZIPs · 1,298 pop · #20225/25278 · Price County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $54,375
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20225/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Phillips
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,298
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $144,800

Nearest income peer: Phillips, WI (+ $4,650 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Prentice

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Prentice on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Prentice, WI sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

20th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,298
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,375
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($54,375 average) · poverty 11.5%. The primary code (54556) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Prentice as a pure owner town.

Within Wisconsin, Fence is the closest lower-income city and Neopit the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Prentice.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 54556, is all of Prentice

There is no split to weigh here: 54556 holds every one of Prentice's 1,298 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Prentice's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 37 establishments, 396 employees , annual payroll $16,883k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 54556 (37 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (6) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Prentice, WI

These ZIP codes sit in Price County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Prentice. See the Price County roll-up →

Prentice sits in the lower half of Price County on income: Phillips, Park Falls and Ogema report more, and only Fifield reports less. Fifield marks the far end of that range at $40,536, 25% below Prentice.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
54556 1,298 $54,375 37 6
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Prentice roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Prentice, .